The following sections summarize changes made in all Java SE 8u172 Advanced BPR. Bug fixes and any other changes are listed below in date order, most current BPR first. Note that bug fixes in previous BPR are also included in the current BPR.

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Changes in Java SE 8u172 b37

Bug Fixes

BugId

Category

Subcategory

Description

8189161 (Confidential)

deploy

deployment_toolkit

JWS: Method required to clean up all running instances by jnlp.sis.sessionid

8189098 (Confidential)

deploy

webstart

JWS: Request for a method to limit the number of JVMs running on the client